When I first started university, I had the same attitude as most other STEM majors, that history and all arts degrees were useless and a waste of time, I used t

When I first started university, I had the same attitude as most other STEM majors, that history and all arts degrees were useless and a waste of time, I used to joke that BA stands for Bugger All. The only non-stem degrees I thought were worthwhile were law and accounting. But then I actually met some people doing history, and how interested they were in it, and I realised that it's perfectly valid to do a degree just out of interest, if it's what you're interested in. Some of the people I know doing arts degrees are more passionate about their field than I am about programming. The people that were wasting their time and just accruing debt at university were the people doing commerce or criminal justice degrees. I never once actually heard them talking about their degree, they had no interest in the subject matter, they just wanted to live the university lifestyle, or were told they needed to get a degree. Criminal justice was the worst for that, because anyone actually interested in that was doing law. So these days, I think as long as it's something you're passionate about, then there's nothing wrong with doing an arts degree. Universities don't solely exist for vocational training, there is validity in learning for the sake of learning. The fact that tuition is a lot cheaper, and interest free student loans in New Zealand means that it's a lot more feasible to do a degree that interests you though, without crippling you financially.